A special dinner

I finally found a place in Hong Kong that does mussells. Frites in Central. Mussell pots very similar to the ones at Belgium Beer Cafe at the Rocks. They don't have as much variety (only 4 choices), and they don't have blue cheese, but it definitely satisfies my mussell fix.

This is lime, lemongrass, coconut and chilli mussells

This is a fantastic deep fried Camembert cheese. Absolutely yummy!! It's a must try!

And having it with a special friend, over laughter, chats and white wine just topped it off!

Christmas decorations at TST

Being my first Christmas in Hong Kong, it's pretty obvious i'm going to snap away and capture the lovely pretty Christmas decorations everywhere I go!! =)

Here are a few to share with the guys that arn't here.

Life is so precious

I cannot stress how precious life is. I feel a knife stab into my heart when I hear stories about people committing suicide. Why do people not appreciate life. There are so many people in this world, who would do anything to keep their lives, but can't because of certain accidents & illnesses.

I have heard yesterday, one of my brothers high school friends committed suicide. He is only 21 years old. He was good friends with my brother and was in both English and Maths class together. He left on the gas fumes in the car, closed all the windows and died in the car. His funeral is tomorrow. It's indeed very sad, I don't understand why people can think so negatively and do something like this to end their life in this world. Of course, nothing is perfect. It's what you make of it. There's no 100% happiness in life. If there's no ups and downs, how do you know what's good compared to the bad?

I just wish that people think very carefully before making decisions like this. It hurts your family and friends and other people that know you.

Counting down

5 more weeks till Christmas. 7 more weeks till Jan 2008.
It's the time of the year again where I sit down and reflect what I have accomplished and what I have done this "fast going by" year.

- Got a new job, promotion and relocated to Hong Kong
- After many questions I posed to our "non chinese" clients who some are over 50 years old and have lived in HK for 20+ years, and have raised their childrens in HK, who can't speak, read or write chinese, if they can do, why can't I ?
- Learned to be more independent, did things I've never had to do, eg. change the toilet seat, buy my own furniture (only to realise the importance of measuring before buying), change the shower hose and build my own kiddy stools from Ikea (which turned out unsuccessful anyways!!)
- Lived on my own for the first time in...xx years!
- Had my patience level for rude and arrogant people tested many many times
- Learnt to look, ignore, forget and move on (esp at people who go "AH HEM" and spit..gross!)
- Met many new friends, but have also realised even more how precious my existing friends are and super grateful for their continuous support throughout this year
- Have a gorgeous god daughter who is absolutely adorable
- Bought a Japanese Spitz - his name is "big white" now - translated to chinese
- Learnt not to trust people so easily. People are not as nice as they may come across
- Realised how materialistic and fake Hong Kong people can be
- Living in HK compared to Sydney is so much cheaper, eating-wise, transport-wise and perhaps shopping wise! hehehe =)
- Became very appreciative of MSN, email and Facebook!

Approaching winter

It's starting to get cold in HK now. I love the smell of freshly dried stir fried chestnuts and hot sweet potato every morning.

So many nice boots and jackets out there ~ WAY tooooo much shopping... =)

Q-Pot 07 Winter Collection

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